Overview
The New Man is a 2007 Swedish-Finnish drama film directed by Klaus Härö.
Plot
The film portrays Gertrude, a strong and exuberant 17-year-old and her collision with the Swedish welfare state in the early 1950s. It deals with the compulsory sterilisation in Sweden affecting 63,000 people between 1934 and 1976.
Cast
Julia Högberg - Gertrud
Maria Lundqvist - Solbritt
Lo Kauppi - Jenni
Ellen Mattsson - Astrid
Ann-Sofie Nurmi - Alba
Christoffer Svensson - Axel
Tobias Aspelin - Dr Berg
Anna Littorin - Lisa
External links
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).